Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-18
LEGISLATIVE.
A Sunday Law Petition
Presented.
J. W. MARSHALL's MONUMENT.
The License Amendment of the
County Government Bill De-
feated in the Assembly.

AhE SENAl6.
SACRAMENTO. February 1.-THE Sen.
ate met as 10 o'clock. Steele presented
q petition in favor of Sunday law.
The committee reported without rec
ommendation the bill to establish the
county of Glenn.
The substitute bill to prevent the
adulteration of wine, prepared by c. A.
Wetmore, was introduced without
amendment.
THE ASSEMBLY.
SACRAMENTO. February 1.-THE As
sembly this morning passed the Colusa
County Division bill by q vote Of 46 to
l5.- Matthews. of Tehams, gave notice
of reconsideration.
Mahler's bill appropriating $4,000 to
build o monument over the grave of
James w. Marshall, the discoverer of gold
in California, was taken up out of order.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole, with Brusie Of Amador in the
chair, to consider it. The adoption of
the bill was recommended by the com.
mittee, and recess was then taken.
Runson introduced the following bill,
to prevent the adulteration of cigare,
cigarettes and manufactured tobacco:
Every person or firm who uses opium in
the manufacture Of cigars, cigarettes,
smoking or chewing tobacco with
fraudulent intent to effer the
same, or cause or permit
it to be offered for sale IS un.
adulterated with opium, is guilty
of q mlsdemesnor. Every person or
firm who knowingly sells, keeps or offers
for sale cigars, cigarettes, smoking or
chewing tobacco. diluted or adulterated
with opium, is guilty Of misdemeanor. !"
The following joint resolution by
Runson was adopted:
''Resolved, by the Assembly of the
State Of California, the Senate concur.
ring, that our Senators and representa-
tives in Congress BIZ and they are here
by requested to propose an amendment
to the Constitution Of tho United States,
to be submitted to the Legislatures Of
the several States for ratification, pro-
viding for the election of United States
Senators from the several States, by the
direct vote of the people thereof in.
stead Of by the Legislature.
"Resolved, That His Excelleney, the
Governor Of the State of California,
be requested to send . certified
copy Of this resolution to each OF our
Senators and Representatives in Con.
gress and to each of our Congress m an
and Senators elect.
The consideration of the County Gov
ernment bill was taken up this after.
noon. One Of the amendments pro-
posed was that by Henry, Of Butte,
limiting the license which Supervisors
might impose on q business conducted
at fixed place to $l20 year. Variel
pointed out that this would apply to
saloons. Ellsworth spoke against allow.
ing saloons to run politics and dictate
what members should do. He said the
amendment was aimed at the protection
of saloons. This course, he said, which
is being pursued by the saloon keepers
to escape licenses is making prohibi.
tion sentiment faster in the State than
anything else could possibly do. Henry
said that in his county the Super
visors had raised the license on livery
stables to $3.50 year to compel the
6utuI oeaOACo " SCaoO D0oAhCSos SAASAtyS
Wright, Matthews, Of San Benito, and
Variel spoke against the amendment.
Wright and Variel called attention to
the abolition of all the license laws Of
the State which would result from this
amendment, in order that the saloon
men might be protected. Briefly said
that the saloon men and the people in
Los Angeles are in faver Of the high Ii.
oense tax of $50 per month imposed
there. It has wiped out the lowest
class of saloons. Hart, of Colusa, ia.
vored the amendment, and Lawrence,
who did so also, said it would protect
about 1000 of the smaller saloons in San
Francisco, should a fanatical Board Of
Supervisors get in power there. The
amendment was defeated by vote of
45 to l9. The bill was ordered en-.
crossed.